MUSKMELON 
Well-enriched light soil is an important requisite for the growing of choice melons. Early in May, when the ground 
is warm, plant in hills 4 feet apart each way, putting 10 to 12 seeds in a hill. Should be treated same as Cucumbers, 
but are benefited by spraying with a fungicide as a preventive of blight 
BENDER’S SURPRISE A very popular market melon. 
Large and round with yellow skin and thick orange flesh 
Late maincrop sort. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c; 1% Ib. 85c; Ib. $2.75 
DELICIOUS New and early strain of Bender’s Surprise, 
slightly smaller and two weeks earlier. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c; 
Yq |b. 85c; Ib. $2.75 
SCHOON’S HARD SHELL A superb. new late melon, 
nearly round and weighing 5 to 7 pounds. The skin is 
coarsely netted, gray- green in color, becoming yellow 
when ripe. The flesh is exceptionally thick and fine 
flavored. Its hard shell makes this a good market melon. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c; 1%4 Ib. 85c; Ib. $2.75 
PRIDE OF WISCONSIN Large oval melon with coarse 
netting and creamy yellow skin. An attractive melon whose 
appearance is matched by uniformly high flavor. Vigorous, 
healthy vines which produce a good crop late in the season. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c; 1%4 Ib. 85c; Ib. $2.75 
EMERALD GEM Extensively grown for private use. Small 
and sweet; too soft for market, but one of the very best 
flavored salmon fleshed sorts. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c; 14 Ib. 90c; Ib. $3.00 

Delicious 
WETHERSFIELD, CONN. 

Bender's Surprise 
HEARTS OF GOLD A medium-sized round melon with 
well-netted skin and thick orange flesh of excellent 
quality. 
Pkt., 10c; oz: 30c; 
V4 Ib. 85c; Ib. $2.75 
IROQUOIS New prolific strain of the Bender type re- 
sistant to fusarium wilt. Fruits are large, round to oval 
in shape, heavily ribbed and coarsely netted. Flesh is 
very thick, deep orange in color and rates high for flavor 
and sweetness. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 35c; 1%4 Ib. $1.05; Ib. $3.50 
LAKE CHAMPLAIN An extra early variety of fine qual- 
ity, medium-sized, flattened in shape with deep salmon 
flesh and small seed cavity. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c; 
V4 Ib. 85¢; Ib. $2.75 
HALE’S BEST Medium early melon of the Rocky Ford 
type with thick salmon flesh. Well-netted 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c; 1% Ib. 85c; Ib. $2.75 
ORDER SEEDS EARLY While we expect to have ample 
supplies of nearly all kinds of seed for 1948 planting it is 
a year in which the demand for both foreign and home 
use is unpredictable. Large quantities of seed continue 
to be shipped abroad seriously depleting reserve stocks 
for home use. While some varieties may be difficult to 
obtain late in the season there will be satisfactory sub- 
stitutes. While we may not ship early orders immediately 
on receipt, unless they contain items needed for immedi- 
ate planting, it does help us to have them on file and 
allows for delay in delivery. 
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